Leaves from My Library: An English AnthologyLeaves from my Library is a unique anthology of English prose which Lord Denning has himself chosen from his library at his country home at Whitchurch. The scenes are many and varied, ranging from the trial of the Merchant of Venice to that of the Knave of Hearts from the decks of Nelson's Victory to the drawing rooms of Jane Austen from the Pilgrims' gathering at the Tabard Inn to Sir Winston Churchill addressing a nation at war. |
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Page 83
... Father William ' Lewis Carroll is good at rhyming . Before he took Alice on the river , he had written an entertaining rhyme about Father William . He brings it into Wonderland for fun . It is , indeed , fun , especially as Father ...
... Father William ' Lewis Carroll is good at rhyming . Before he took Alice on the river , he had written an entertaining rhyme about Father William . He brings it into Wonderland for fun . It is , indeed , fun , especially as Father ...
Page 161
... father refuses Uncle Edward was blind to all this love - making , but when he got to know about it , he was furious . Like a typical Victorian father , he put his foot down . His daughter Kate was not to marry her first cousin . He ...
... father refuses Uncle Edward was blind to all this love - making , but when he got to know about it , he was furious . Like a typical Victorian father , he put his foot down . His daughter Kate was not to marry her first cousin . He ...
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... father , Sir James ( 10th bart . ) , lived on for eight years until he died on the 11 June 1862. Alfred then succeeded to the title and estates . He became Sir Alfred ( 11th bart . ) , but he died in 1866 , and was the father of a ...
... father , Sir James ( 10th bart . ) , lived on for eight years until he died on the 11 June 1862. Alfred then succeeded to the title and estates . He became Sir Alfred ( 11th bart . ) , but he died in 1866 , and was the father of a ...
Contents
England expects Lord Nelson | 13 |
The death of a king John Buchan | 34 |
The Great Proconsul Lord Macaulay | 50 |
Copyright | |
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